In the scene we see something eerie and frightening happen to John Henry. We must remember at this time that J.H. is very child like in his nature, he is learning everything as a child. And in this scene something very frightening happens to him.

He is hurt.

He is CHANGED.

And he hurts his play friend Savannah.

All of this is exceedingly traumatic for John Henry.

But what did in fact happen, I want to expound on one possibility after the break. To get you in the right frame of mind think back to the season One Episode titled Queen’s Gambit.Continue reading →

One of the very last scenes in Ourselves Alone the latest episode of SCC has Cameron entrusting John with a pocket watch on a chain that she has turned into a Kill Switch. Since she cannot commit suicide. She places it around his neck, and after a few long beats he tucks it inside his shirt and leaves the garage.

It’s a great scene, to cap a fantastic episode but I have a feeling that as usual with Cameron things aren’t exactly as they seem.

One of the first things I noticed is that Cameron didn’t explain how that thing worked. There are three buttons on the inside of that watch. So as a writer that got me to thinking.